Improvement in hames



L. CARR.

HAMES. v

No.178,73Z. Patented J'une13,1876.

WITNESSES lNVE NTOR,

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ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHlNGTdN. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE LAURENCE CARR, OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l7S,732, dated June 13,1876; application filed March 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Rosenlount, in the county of Dakota andState.

of Minnesota, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hames; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same,referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of myhame.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof an adjustable connection for hames, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a wooden hame of substantially theusual form, except that its upper end is curved outward, so as to givethe horse free and perfect use of his neck. B is the plate or ironfastened on the outer edge of the hame, and provided with the usualattachments for top-and bottom connections, and for the passage of thereins. At a suitable point on the iron B is a projecting eyebolt, a, inwhich is-fastened the lower end of a rod,(l,which runs parallel with thehame-iron and a short distance from it, it being connected thereto byarms b b- In the upper end of the rod 0 is a ring, E. D is thedraft-clevis placed on the rod 0, and held at any point thereon by meansof one or more springkeys, (I, passed through holes in the rod. By thismeans thedraft. may be made high or low, as required, to give the mostcomfort to the horse.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a hame and hameplate, of the stationary perforatedrod- 0, adjustable draft-clevis D, and spring-keys d, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

LAURENCE CARR.

'Witnesses: UHAs. J. WILLIAMS, J. O. GERAGHTY.

